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Director:

Catherine Breillat

Writer:

Catherine Breillat (writer)

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Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance more

Plot:

Desire for a subject that functions like a brief fling with no future as such, yet embellished by that very fact... more | add synopsis

Awards:

3 wins more

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Cast

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Sarah Pratt ... Alice
Gilles Guillain ... Thomas
Marc Filipi ... Magicien
Laëtitia Lopez ... Assistante magicien
Marc Jablonski ... Cuisinier du self
Christelle Dacosta ... Douanier Français
Nicholas Hawtrey ... Vieil anglais
Franck Lemaitre ... Serveur de la boite
Philippe Quaisse ... Photographe
Jean-Claude Cavelier ... Serveur de la boite
Alexandre Le Balidec ... Douanier Français
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Brief Crossing (International: English title)
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Runtime:

France:80 min | Netherlands:84 min (Rotterdam Film Festival)

Country:

France

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Singapore:R21

Company:

Arte more


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4 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
How do you say ennui in English?, 23 March 2008
4/10
Author: Jon from United States

80 minutes, and it felt twice that long! Brief Crossing is not brief enough. Indeed, the first 50 minutes or so consist almost entirely of a dialogue (more of a monologue, really) of a woman approaching middle age, tediously droning about "men," disappointment, sex, aging, and her recent breakup, to a French teenager she met in the ship's cafeteria.

The tedious monologue continues as they go to duty-free shop, and to a bar, where finally her self-involved rant pushes him away. The "story" can't end there, of course, so she persuades him to listen to her drone on more as she brings him to her cabin.

What little romance, sex, or for that matter, anything at all this film has besides bitter rantings is hardly enough to justify the price of a rental unless you are one of those who love dramas where nothing interesting happens at all. Yes, the ending is very nicely done, but it is scant reward to subject yourself to what amounts to a turning your living room into a virtual therapy session with a narcissistic whiner.

Of course, some people like it. I could be wrong.

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